Exercises For Glutes At The Gym

Correct Lunge Form to Get a Bigger Butt

To get a better workout for your butt, hips,thighs, and hamstrings, you can do elevated lunges like I'm doing here.But to get yourself set up to do elevated lunges, you need to start offwith your feet about one and a half to two foot lengths behind the box orthe platform you're using to do the elevated lunges on. Once you are in the starting position, getyour dumbbells and do elevated lunges like this. As you're doing lunges,make sure you keep your head up and look straight ahead. Although this exerciseis called a lunge, you

don't want to lunge forward as you squat down.You want to squat straight up and straight down by keeping your kneesbehind your toes. So, do not let the knee of the elevated leg glide over yourtoes. You want to squat down as far as you can untilthe knee of the leg that's not elevated touches the floor. Make sureyou come down slow enough so your knee only touches the floor. Don't come downso fast that you bang or hurt your knee on the floor. Make sure you do thisexercise on both legs. You want to keep your heels flat on the platformor box at all times while

doing this exercise. If you can't keep yourheels flat, use a lower platform or do regular lunges instead of elevatedlunges. If you want to get an even better butt workoutdoing elevated lunges, focus more on pushing through your heels by curlingup your toes slightly. Another thing you can do for a better buttworkout doing elevated lunges is to pause at the bottom for two to three secondsbefore squatting back up. One more option for getting a better buttworkout is to do elevated lunges on a higher platform. Instead of doing yourelevated lunges on a fiveinch

step, for example, you can better butt workoutdoing elevated lunges on higher five to teninch step or platform.

Amanda Latona Shows How She Gets Those Glutes Bodybuilding

Hey, everyone atBodybuilding . My name is Amanda Latona. I am the 2009 Flex Bikini ModelSearch championships winner. I am a Team BSN sponsoredathlete and an IFBB Bikini Pro, as well as a Muscle Fitness Hers cover model. I am here today going to showyou a pro bikini glute training workout so you, too, can havesculpted bikini glutes

like a pro. If you're a beginner atexercising, don't worry, don't be freaked out, I'm gonna walkyou right through everything. Start light. You know, you don't have to dothe heavy rep range or the heavy weights like I do, or don'tstart with all of the exercises. Say, choose threeinstead of five.

Although I train every body partonce a week, I actually train glutes twice a week. I do it once on a Monday whenI'm strong, I'm fresh, and I do it again on a Friday. I mean, who doesn't wanta great butt, righté Yeah. Butts are back.

Okay, guys. Here we are on the leg press. Today I'm choosing to do myfavorite positioning, which is feet together. It allows me to lift heavier,get a little more strength behind me, and also shapes theouter sleeves, which is a very nice look to have. We're gonna start heavy on this,so choose a weight that can

allow you to do 10 to 12 reps. If you need a spotter, get one. Safety is first, guys. Gotta keep it safe. So what you want to do isyou don't want to start down here.' cause you never want to haveyour knees going over your toes. I like to do rightin the middle.

Remember, the higher you go up,the more emphasis you get on the glutes, which is why we're here. Okay, here we go. Also, when you're doing this,remember to press through your heels. Whenever you press through yourheels, basically, I like to be able to lift my toes up, 'causethat's how I know that I'm definitely gettinghittingthe glutes.

Best Glute Exercises For Mass The Barbell Hip Thrust

Hey what's up guys, Sean Nalewanyj here, BodyTransformationTruth ,and in this tutorial I'm going to be teaching you how to do, what is pretty widely regardedas the very best direct glute exercise available, and that is the hip thrust, and more specificallyI'll be showing you the barbell hip thrust variation which is the most commonly usedversion and the one that I typically recommend first. So basic lower body compound exerciseslike squats and deadlifts and leg presses etcetera. these definitely do hit your gluteseffectively, but for people who want to build up their glutes to their maximum size andstrength potential, you do need to be including some direct glute training in your plan aswell and that's because the standard leg

exercises that are going to be used in mostbodybuilding programs, these exercises don't allow for full extension of your hip joint,which is the primary function that the glutes perform. So squatting down to parallel orperforming a leg press or a set of stifflegged deadlifts, these do involve hip extension,but not through the full possible range of motion. Also keep in mind that direct glutetraining will benefit you beyond just basic improvements in strength and appearance, italso plays a role in boosting up your squatting strength, improving your deadlifting lockoutpower, improving sprinting speed, and just all around totalbody functioning. So, I wouldn'tsay that direct glute training is mandatory,

but if building up the size and strength ofyour glutes is something that you're specifically aiming for, then again, you do need some directwork and the barbell hip thrust would be my top recommendation. Hip thrusts put your bodyinto the best position to allow for full hip extension and to help you get the deepestcontraction in your glutes possible. Now these do look a little bit weird and you might feelslightly embarrassed performing them at first, I know that I usually get at least one confusedlook from someone at the gym pretty much every time that I do these, but if reaching yourtraining goals is more important to you than a few awkward stares, then this is the liftthat you need to be doing for your glutes.

So let's go over the proper form and technique,because it's very important that you do these correctly in order to make sure thatit's your glutes that are doing the bulk of the work, as well as to minimize the stresson your lower back as well. So, you're going to start by sitting perpendicular againsta flat bench and rolling a loaded barbell into the crease of your hips. Position yourfeet about shoulder width apart or slightly wider, with your toes pointing either straighthead or just slightly outward. Grab the bar using an overhand grip just outside of yourhips and wedge your midback into the bench. Keep your head in a neutral position, keepyour chest and your ribcage flat rather than

puffed out, and keep your lower back neutralrather than arched, and from there just press through your heels and drive yourself up untilyour hips are fully extended and your torso is about parallel to ground Really focus onengaging your glutes as much as possible on each rep and always make sure to drive theweight up under smooth control without any jerky movements or excessive use of momentum.Once you reach the top of the movement, pause briefly and consciously contract your gluteswith force before lowering yourself back down again. Now you can either go all the way downuntil the plates touch the floor, or you can stop midair before performing your next rep.Also keep in mind that the specific distance

that you place your feet away from the benchwill depend on your individual body structure as well as your limb length, and your goalshould be to just find whatever distance causes your shins to be either vertical or just slightlyangled backward once you reach full hip extension at the top of the movement. Now if you'rejust starting out with this exercise then you'll likely find it to be pretty uncomfortableto have the bar directly pressing against your hips, in which case you'll want toplace a pad or a towel around the bar to make it more comfortable, however, just keep inmind that you'll probably find that after several weeks of consistent hip thrustingthe discomfort will decrease by quite a bit